Stephen Maguire defeated reigning champion John Higgins 6-4 to set up a UK Championship quarter-final meeting with Judd Trump.

Maguire lost just one of the opening six frames to lead 5-1, before Higgins fought back with breaks of 101, 54 and 95 to pull it back to 5-4.

But 2004 winner Maguire held his nerve to win the 10th and take the match.

Neil Robertson overcame Graeme Dott 6-3 in the other of the evening's second round matches.

The Australian former world champion will play Ding Junhui in Thursday's quarter-final.

But the stand-out performance of the night came from Maguire, who compiled a tournament-high 144 break in frame two as he raced into a 3-0 lead.

KEY FACT

Maguire has beaten Higgins in two out of three meetings in the UK Championship

Higgins clawed a frame back before the interval with a battling break of 60, but a typically aggressive Maguire extended his lead to 4-1 in the fifth, capitalising on a missed black by Higgins to put on 57 and take the frame.

And Maguire was on the brink of victory after extending his lead with a break of 66 in frame six.

But four-time world champion Higgins fought back with a superb century to keep his tournament alive and followed it up with classy breaks in frames eight and nine to pull it back to 5-4.